Decibel level of TC40D

[DVerbarg]

Reading about MarkC's Pro-Ears and the benefits he has seen(heard) has raised the question of whether the Pro-Ears would be an advantage when operating the Boomer series tractor.

Does anyone know the decibel level of the TC40D or ClassIII Boomers on the operator's platform. The Pro-Ears keeps noises below the 70db level and am just wondering how much above that level the ClassIII Boomers are.

Back in the late 80s I worked in a noisy climate controlled computer room and lost some ability to distinguish mid-range frequencies. Don't want to risk losing more because of seat time. Don't mind the cost of the Pro-Ears, just as long as they will make a difference.

 

[paccorti]

Dave,

I've never heard (ha ha) of pro-ears. Do you have the manufactures website?

Peter

 

[Soundguy]

Radio shack makes a fairly inexpensive db meter. I use on of their better models at work at night. ( Sound Engineering )

Soundguy

 

[DVerbarg]

Peter,

MarkC originally talked about the Pro-Ears noise reduction headset in his record breaking long /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif thread "Goodbye Kubota, Hello Earthforce" or whatever it was originally called. Mark started a new thread in the Safety Forum. Here is a link to it... <A target="_blank" HREF=http://www.tractorbynet.com/cgi-bin/compact/showflat.pl?Cat=&Board=safety&Number=134252&page=0&view=expanded&sb=5&o=7#Post134252>Pro-Ears Post</A>

 

[paccorti]

Thanks Dave.

Peter

 

[bgott]

I have no idea how this will compare to your tractor. The Nebraska Tractor Test states that my TN 65 is 94.7 decibels, no load in 4S gear.